Chapter 272: Fanfictions Are Eternal

"There is someone inside the house..." Klein frowned slightly and instinctively glanced at Emlyn. According to Emlyn's description, this house was supposed to be in a semi-abandoned state and uninhabited.

"Don't look at me, I just heard it from a thief, I've never actually been here," Emlyn shook his head. Then, his nose twitched slightly, as if he had noticed something. He looked at Lynn with a puzzled expression and said, "Why do you and the person in the house smell the same...?"

Sure enough!

While Emlyn was puzzled, Klein felt a sense of affirmation.

He knew it wasn't possible for the angel to be uninvolved in this matter.

Klein looked at Lynn and signaled with his eyes, naturally asking what they should do next.

"Let's go in. He's probably been waiting for us for a long time," Lynn said, first frowning slightly and then relaxing.

He was the first to step into the house. Klein followed without hesitation, and Emlyn, after a few seconds of hesitation, also trailed behind them.

Upon entering the house, Klein immediately saw the Angel of Secrets standing quietly, holding something resembling a diary and reading it intently.

What caught Klein's attention was that the angel wasn't holding just one diary. Besides the one being read, the angel also held another book that looked ancient but was not being opened.

Then Klein heard Lynn's slightly displeased voice, "So, it's you again! Is everything planned by you?"

"It's not me planning things for you, just fate guiding you," the Angel of Secrets closed the diary, looked up at the three at the door, and said with a smile, "I am also here under the guidance of fate."

"Ha..." Lynn sneered, clearly not buying it. He acted as if the person who orchestrated this divine encounter wasn't him.

Lynn then looked at the Angel of Secrets and, with a blank expression, took out the Master Key, saying, "Let me guess, you're here for this key, right?"

"I am indeed here for it, or rather, for Bethel, to whom it is connected," the Angel of Secrets said, gazing at the key. "It will be the key to reestablishing my connection with Bethel."

'Bethel? Bethel Abraham? The key is connected to Mr. Door?'

Klein was taken aback, immediately thinking of Fors Wall, who had just joined the Tarot Club the previous day.

He didn't believe this was a coincidence. First, they contacted Fors, who was deeply connected to Mr. Door, and then the key, related to Mr. Door, appeared before them.

There had to be someone pulling the strings, and Klein wouldn't believe otherwise even if beaten to death.

Lynn also frowned, seemingly surprised by the Angel of Secrets' answer. Instead of immediately handing over the key to his divine incarnation, he asked,

"You should have known the key's location long ago. Why wait for me to get it? Why not take it yourself to reconnect with Bethel?"

Klein, curious, looked at the Angel of Secrets, wondering about this question too.

Emlyn, on the other hand, was utterly confused, unable to comprehend the situation.

"Some things can't be done by me, only by you," the Angel of Secrets replied calmly, with a hint of helplessness, looking at Lynn. "You are the foundation of everything."

"Maybe you don't understand now, but when you and I merge, you will know all the answers."

"Here we go again with the riddles!" Lynn rolled his eyes, clearly displeased with the angel's cryptic manner of speaking, and impatiently scratched his head, as if portraying irritation to the finest detail.

Lynn then threw the Master Key to the Angel of Secrets, saying, "Fine, tell me whenever you want. Take it and reconnect with Bethel."

The Angel of Secrets caught the key but didn't use it immediately. Instead, he slowly handed the diary and the ancient book towards the three of them, saying,

"This is the diary of the unfortunate person who formed the Master Key. Its contents might help you understand more about the Abraham family."

"As for this ancient book..." the Angel of Secrets' expression turned subtle. After a few seconds' pause, he added,

"It's a collection of fan fiction compiled by an idle member of the Abraham family. You can browse through it, but remember, only some parts are true. Much of it is fictional."

Indeed, when he controlled his divine incarnation to come to Unit 32 Verdi Street, after some exploration, Lynn found not only the diary left by the unfortunate member of the Abraham family mentioned in the original work but also an anthology compiled by an unknown ancestor of the Abraham family.

Moreover, this anthology was carefully hidden in a concealed spot, showing that some young Abraham member failed to discern its nature, perhaps treating it as serious historical secrets.

How did Lynn know it was a fan fiction anthology?

Because he found content related to Libert Abraham, including but not limited to a non-existent mother and Mr. Door's non-existent, touching love story, as well as Libert's heartwarming daily life with Mr. Door.

Also, Lynn recognized some content he had seen in other Abraham family fan fiction, such as the peculiar monarch-subject anecdotes between Tudor and three loyal followers, and a tea party supposedly attended by several angels and gods (fan fiction version). There was even a touching love story between the Night Emperor and the Sanguine Queen.

Seeing these, Lynn had mixed feelings, wondering what the Abraham family had been up to, passing down these instead of more serious records.

'Could it be my influence? Is it because the fan fiction includes me, so it survived by chance?'

Even Lynn found it absurd.

Despite his internal complaints, Lynn didn't hesitate to share this with Klein, giving Klein a little shock from the Fourth Epoch.

(End of Chapter)

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